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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-04T20:55:12.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Folklore and paganism",
    "stenAanden",
    "folklore",
    "1 comments",
    "Theodor Kittelsen",
    "nixie",
    "Pesta",
    "Polar bear and king Valemon, a Norwegian folk tale"
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  "textContent": "submitted by stenAanden to folklore\n14 points | 1 comments\n\nTheodor Kittelsen was a Norwegian artist known for his illustrations of Norwegian nature and folklore.\n\nThese three pictures all depict the nixie, a water dwelling spirit that would attempt to drown people by luring them into the water, often by taking the shape of a horse\n\nThese are elves or huldra, humanoid creatures that are often conflated. Elves are said to dance and create the morning fog while huldra could be said to have tails but have many similar attributes.\n\nPesta was a personification of the black plague\n\nPolar bear and king Valemon, a Norwegian folk tale\n\nVarious trolls",
  "title": "Art of Theodor Kittelsen"
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